#placeposting: philly

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> in class > discussing the super bowl (and how most of us didn't watch it) > one girl says she watched it, got dressed up and everything > ask who she was rooting for > "the eagles" > eagles werent in the super bowl > "they werent in the super bowl?" > "i know, but i was hoping they would make a surprise appearance" > ???? > "i painted 'go birds' on my face and everything" > ???????? the spirit of the philadelphia sports fan is truly unbreakable

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[ID: Multiple photographs of somewhat dilapidated old homes that all appear to have formerly been row houses but have had the houses around them removed. This gives them odd, severed appearances, and they all also seem peculiarly tall and narrow. The first house is brick with a green tower on the left, and the right side has a roof that slants up but then appears to be abruptly sheared off, where before it would have presumably slanted down. To its right is now an empty lot with grass growing. A street sign reading "33rd Street" is in front of it. The second house is brick and rather ornate, but has a window pane missing and bricks scattered in the yard around it. It stands between two empty yards, with trees in them. The third house is also missing several windows, and has outdoor steps leading up to the door on the left, but the steps extend beyond the left wall. The fourth house is particularly ornate and may have once been a church or something of that manner, based on the cross shape high up on it. It also has a half-triangle roof that is seemingly missing its other side. The fifth house has a tower on the right side and a half-triangle roof covering the porch on its left side, and steps going up to the porch that are extended past the left wall, and overgrown gardens surrounding it. The sixth house appears to be inhabited and is in better shape then most of the other homes, except for the first. It is painted almost all yellow and stands on a street corner. There's a rounded room attached to the second floor that juts out over the street. To the right of the house is a grassy lot, and there's a thin strip of non-painted brick along the right of the house where another home was presumably formerly connected. End ID.]

Ruination, Austin Hodges

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[ID: A digital drawing of four personifications of different U.S. cities, carrying trains from their respective metro systems like pets. They are all feminine-presenting and drawn against a textured gray background. NYC is a person with light brown skin, dark brown hair with pink streaks in two low ponytails, and pink eyes, wearing a red jacket with pink sleeves over a shirt, pants, and shoes. Philly is a person with dark brown skin, a loose orange afro, and orange eyes, wearing a dark green jacket over a bright blue shirt, dark blue pants, and boots. Boston is a person with light skin, short straight reddish-brown hair, and dark blue eyes, wearing a gray hoodie, blue faded jeans, shoes, and a green beanie. They have a knee brace on one leg. Chicago is a person with dark brown skin and long, straight, dark red hair that fades into gray and seems to dissolve into smoke at the ends, wearing a black shirt.

NYC stands calmly holding their phone with a NY subway train next to their feet. The train is drawn like a creature, with its front windows squinted like angry eyes and an open mouth, displaying pointy teeth. It appears to be growling angrily. Philly is flinching away, holding a frightened looking SEPTA train protectively. Philly, alarmed and angry, yells "Get your dog, bitch!" NYC, looking bored, replies "It don't bite." Philly, speech bubble spiky with outrage, yells "Yes it do!!"

Boston stands holding a Dunkin' cup with one hand and pointing at an MBTA train (Green Line) with the other, glaring at it and saying "Bad transit system." The train hisses, unrepentant. 

Chicago is happily scratching an L (elevated) train under the chin, saying "Good transit system!" Good is underlined for emphasis. End ID.]

got the idea to draw this while on the SEPTA train back from winter break, finally finished it today. was wobbling on posting it, but then amtrak started posting about city shipping and i figured it was a Sign, so

anyway. if cities were girls transit systems would be their little pet bastard creatures. you agree. reblog

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[ID: A semi-realistic oil painting of a city street, from the perspective of someone standing on the sidewalk and looking down the road. There are street signs and cars parked along the curb. Trees planted at regular intervals along the road are flowering, suggesting that it's spring or summer. A few people sit in chairs in front of the closest building. End ID.]

Charles Cushing, Pear Tree at 13th and Pine Streets, Philadelphia, 2023, Oil on canvas

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[ID: A drawing of Miku over a photo of a Wawa. She has light brown skin and teal hair with blond roots, put up in a high bun. She is wearing a Phillies shirt over black sweatpants with a pink band at the top, a unzipped hoodie with the Wildwood New Jersey logo on it, and white flipflops. She is carrying a Wawa bag in one hand and holding a Miller Lite bottle and a cigarette in the other hand. She looks bored and annoyed. End ID.]

Fuck it- northeast philly miku, heavily influenced by the women in my life